Mother’s Day is celebrated in the United States on the second Sunday in May. The origins of Mother’s Day can be traced all the way back to the Greeks and Romans, but Mother’s Day as celebrated in US can more closely be linked to the UK where they celebrated “Mothering Sunday”. The current celebration is less than a hundred years old and was popularized by the hard work women like Julia Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis Today Mothers Day is celebrated in over 40 countries (on different dates). People all across the world use the day as an opportunity to pay respect to their mothers for giving them life, raising and supporting them.